Now That I Know Lyrics
The way it goes
You gotta pay back every penny that you owe
In your mama's clothes
Shut the blinds and lock up every door
Someone coming near
Just close your eyes and make them disappear now
Finds me here today
On my own and always of my way now
Gifts from where I've been
Something for the hand that's never there to lend
Climbing paradise
And don't pretend you won't reach it in the end now
I know you been here
Why'd you run tell me why'd you disappear now
Here with me
Seems to be the only time I can see you clearly
How to treat or give you what you need
But I am a gentle man who says what he means now
Upon my knees
And praise the kindness of a gentle breeze
Like a story in me to tell
Told years away and past my baby dying
To heaven or ways to hell
They're unaware share to give a hand to help some
But they'll come back to you someday
Why nobody was ever there to help them
And if god forbid you care
It's enough to get you in a whole lotta trouble
It ain't wise to idealize
Or put your life in the hands of any struggle
Or ever claim to be
And never buy that freedom just ain't free
"Sifting in the Sand"
Like a hymn within to help us understand
We're making our last stand
Glory bound and sparrow in our hand

Here go the actual lyrics:
Now that I know The way it goes You've gotta pay back every penny that you owe
Twelve years old In your mama's clothes Shut the blinds and lock up every door
And if you hear Someone's coming near Just close your eyes and make them disappear now
Years away Finds me here today On my own and always on my way now
So I send my friends Gifts from where i've been Something for the hand that never there to lend
Better keep those eyes Climbing paradise And don't pretend you won't reach it in the end now
Dearest dear I know you've been here Why'd you run, tell me why'd you disappear
Now that you're not Here with me 'Seems to be the only time I can see you clearly
I may not know How to treat or give you what you need But I am a gentle man who says what he means now
And now I sing Upon my knees And praise the kindness of a gentle breeze
I see it swell Like a story in me to tell Told years away and past my day of dying
So you raise them up To have and always have They're unaware of share or give a hand to help some
Oh you give them away But they’ll come back to you someday Wanna know why nobody was ever there to help them
And not it ain’t fair And if God forbid you care It’s enough to get you in a whole lot of trouble
Awww realize It ain’t wise to idealize Or put your life in the hands of any struggle
Never renounce or ever claim to be And never buy that freedom just ain’t free now
Ella sang Sifting in the sand Like a hymn within to help us understand
Heaven awaits We’re making our last stand Glory bound and sparrow in our hand
"Ella sang sifting in the sand like a hymn within to help us understand"
"Ella sang sifting in the sand like a hymn within to help us understand"
i think he's talking about Ella Fitzgerald!!! if he is i'm really excited... here is a line from her song "A Night in Tunisia"
i think he's talking about Ella Fitzgerald!!! if he is i'm really excited... here is a line from her song "A Night in Tunisia"
"They guide you through the desert sand"
"They guide you through the desert sand"
that makes me think there's a possability.
that makes me think there's a possability.
mmm. pretty...
mmm. pretty...

Yeah, I thought Nick Drakes 'cello song'

This song is so damn beautiful. I can't stop playing it.

Oh gods that cello(?) line. Gorgeous.

"Never renounce or ever claim to be And never buy that freedom just ain’t free now"
This is a reference to the common Vietnam-era remark that "freedom isn't free" which is being recycled on bumper stickers and talk radio stations presently in regard to the war on iraq.

Amazing. Reminds me of Nick Drake.

beautiful

any thoughts on the lyric:
"in your mama's clothes"
kind of stands out to me.

jodawo --
when devendra was 5 years old, and his mom left ... he went into his mom's room, and took a spiral hair brush, and his mom's dresses, and he danced around the room singing. It helped shape his singing and style..

that's so cute, derekteixeira! this is my FAVORITE devendra song EVER. i saw him in concert about a month ago, and he's probably the most loving, peaceful person i've ever "met"...